Hurting the Ones You Love?

by | Aug 26, 2013 | Life and all That

When someone says something unpleasant to another person and then justifies it with “Sometimes the truth hurts!” then I know for a fact that the person who is making the comment is completely uninterested in actually helping the person they claim they are...

All the Beautiful Mornings

by | Aug 16, 2013 | Life and all That

I stood at the bus stop this morning, and I hate Florida. That goes together because waiting at the bus stop requires that I stand outside, in Florida. It’s just inescapable. But lately I’ve made some life adjustments which have had a profound change on my outlook,...

The KimBoo Manifesto…in progress

by | Jul 12, 2013 | Fiction, Life and all That

Three years ago, I found myself progressively applying for graduate school, getting divorced, and in a “worst case scenario come true” twist, unexpectedly laid off. The ex and I are still friends, I’ve graduated with my Master’s, and I pulled...

Me – an experiment in “coming out”

by | Jul 9, 2013 | Fiction, Life and all That

Recently I’ve been talking a lot with several friends and my brother David Abrams about issues relating to vulnerability, self-worth, and what Brene Brown called “whole hearted living.” It’s posed an interesting connection to my Enneagram* personality type, which is a...

Waiting for Disaster

by | Apr 6, 2013 | Life and all That

This isn’t a meandering, depressing essay about inadequacy, in case you were wondering. It’s more a surprised realization of how often I tend to sit idly by and wait for disaster to strike, and why. My adopted brother David and I were at dinner discussing something...